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No injuries were reported after fire damaged a rural Douglas County church this afternoon. Firefighters from Consolidated Fire District No. 1 arrived within minutes and were able to contain the fire to the church’s bell tower.
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A section of Interstate 70 was closed about 2 to 3 miles east of Lawrence Friday afternoon after a semitruck caught fire.
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An employee of a Lawrence dentist’s office was evaluated for smoke inhalation and taken to a local hospital for further evaluation following a fire Tuesday.
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical / Contributed Photo
One person was displaced from their home and another suffered smoke inhalation this morning when a fire broke out in a south Lawrence apartment.
Pinckney Elementary School has lost a piece of its community. A fire last week destroyed its Little Free Library, located outdoors at the school’s northeast entrance.
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There were no injuries reported in connection with a fire Sunday at Lawrence’s recycling center, 1006 E. 11th St.
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Two people awoke to smoke alarms and safely exited their Lawrence home Saturday morning, but the home is no longer tenable.
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The Kansas State Fire Marshal will investigate a blaze that left no one injured, but demolished a single-family home just south of Lawrence Tuesday afternoon.
August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
A fire in the attic of a Lawrence strip mall Thursday afternoon was caused by an “electrical event,” according to a news release from Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical.
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A fire was reported at First Baptist Church, 1330 Kasold Drive, around 5:15 p.m. Friday.
